CL60 CAPT IGNORED RPTED FLOCKING BIRDS ON THE LNDG RWY; AND HAD A BIRD STRIKE ON APCH AT ORF.

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THE WX AT ORF WAS MARGINAL VFR WITH A TSTM PASSING OVER. WE WERE ON A VECTOR FOR THE ILS RWY 23 AND ATIS RPTED WINDS OF 180 DEGS AND 11 KTS (APPROX). WE WERE VECTORED ON A R DOWNWIND WHEN WE ENCOUNTERED MODERATE RAIN. THE PF (ALSO A CHIEF PLT) CALLED THE FIELD IN SIGHT AND ASKED ME TO REQUEST A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 14. I COMPLIED; AND WE TURNED TOWARDS THE ARPT AND STARTED A DSCNT FROM ABOUT 5000 FT. AFTER BEING SWITCHED TO TWR; WE WERE ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS BIRDS AT THE APCH END OF RWY 14; AND MORE FLOCKS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE RWY. I THOUGHT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE TO RWY 14; BECAUSE OF THE BIRDS AND RAIN ON A SHORT RWY. RWY 23 WAS IN USE BY OTHER TFC; INCLUDING AIRLINES; AND WAS MUCH LONGER. AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL; I SAW A LARGE FLOCK OF SEAGULLS; AND I TOLD THE PF THAT WE WERE GOING TO HIT SOME. A SEAGULL WAS HEADING RIGHT FOR MY SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD; SO I DUCKED MOMENTARILY; AND THEN LOOKED UP TO SEE IT PASS OFF THE R SIDE AND STRIKE THE WING. WE LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITH NO PROBS. I THINK THE PF ACTED CARELESSLY IN CONTINUING THE APCH TO A SHORT RWY WITH WARNINGS FROM ATC. WHEN THE BIRDS HIT; WE SHOULD HAVE INITIATED A GAR. I FEEL THE PLT'S (PF) INEPTITUDE AND FEAR OF XWIND LNDGS KEPT HIM FROM USING GOOD JUDGEMENT IN ACCEPTING THE APCH TO RWY 23. FORTUNATELY; NO ONE WAS HURT AND THERE WAS NO APPARENT ACFT DAMAGE.